Florida-1957: Two People on Blue Raft in Lake Water

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Florida

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Two People on Blue Raft in Lake Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures two people relaxing on a blue inflatable raft in a sun-drenched lake. The footage shows them floating calmly on the water, with gentle ripples surrounding the raft. The scene is bathed in bright daylight, highlighting the vibrant blue of the water and the raft. The image has a classic 1950s home movie aesthetic with natural film grain and a slightly faded color palette, evoking a sense of nostalgic summer recreation. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century American leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127276181

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1496 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,christening
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Florida, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Florida home-movie lake recreation footage for editorial inserts about mid-century leisure, summer travel, or family vacation memories.
Period detail: The scene may show 1950s recreational swim gear and a simple inflatable raft, with no visible signage, landmarks, or other date-specific clues beyond the supplied 1957 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Two people appear relaxed and unstaged as they float close together on the water, giving the clip the casual feel of a family vacation observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two people in the lake, a blue inflatable raft, bright open water, small ripples, sunlight, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has saturated blue-green water, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld home-movie framing from an 8mm scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for lake swimming, vacation leisure, or warm-weather recreation sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents informal outdoor leisure in Florida, showing people using a small raft in open water without visible commercial setting or organized event context.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review depending on use, while no logos, private property, or audible music are indicated in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Search matches include 1957 Florida lake recreation, 8mm home movie swimmers on inflatable raft, mid-century summer vacation water footage, and vintage lake leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Florida water scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie recreation and vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Florida home-movie frame showing two people in blue-green lake water with a small blue inflatable raft nearby. — Two people float beside a blue raft in sunlit lake water.

Two people appear to rest near a blue inflatable raft in a sunlit Florida lake, framed by dark 8mm scan edges. — The raft drifts as two people remain close together in the water.

Home-movie frame of two people beside a small blue raft, with textured lake water filling most of the view. — Two people drift lower in the frame amid rippled lake water.

A 1957 Florida lake frame shows two people partly behind a blue inflatable raft, surrounded by blue-green rippling water. — The blue raft faces the camera as the two people float behind it.

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